Zistwar : evening of francophones, at the occasion of the "Francophonie week 2011".

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Four narrators came from the Americas and Africa to meet for the first time for the world premiere of the viewing in the United States and Canada at Cowell Theatre in Fort Mason, March 18 at 8pm.

Haïti, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane, Louisiane, Acadie, Québec… all these territories share the same heritage: the French, the talkers of French issues and the cultural values sometimes closely portrayed between the lines of cousins identities, almost twins...

If the memory of this common tale survives the writing legends and the oral translations, it is an invisible thread, of the weaknesses of the French Middle Ages and recount of yesterday and today without forgetting the recounts of the mythical Acadie...

Djenane Saint Juste, a young Haitian dancer, joins us on stage for this occasion. Michèle Haner is the artistic recommendeur of the evening

$20 general admission - $10 students- $75 ticket VIP that includes a reception before the show (de 6:30- 8pm).

San Francisco is the start of a tour that goes on to Atlanta, Chicago, Washington, New York, and Montréal.

This tour is organized by the general delegation of the United States Alliance Française in partnership with the American Francophonie Center, TV5 Monde, the San Francisco Alliance Française, The French American Cultural Society, The French, Canadian, Belgium, and Swiss Consulats and the general delegation of Quebec in LA.

This show has also supported Lycée français La Pérouse, and the Hôtel Cornell (Claude Lambert).

The yieldings from this evening will be donated to

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